1 Chronicles 29:11 (English Standard Version)
Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.
Once again, my routine brings me back to the point where I want to hear from the Lord. Yesterday made it clear enough to me that I should address my prayers to God the Father and yet once again I find myself addressing the One in charge, the Lord.
This seems so old school and having been saved by Christ’s work on the Cross, and a sincere desire to follow Jesus, I find myself focused on HIs Word and tell myself if I am to do any good in this world, I will find my directions here in His Word.
That attitude seems to forget that nothing gets done without the will of the Father being done. Our prayer is specific on that point, “thy will be done”. The Father’s glory is His Son and as such we tend to want to sidestep the will of the Father by trying to glorify the Son.
Jesus sits on the right hand throne of God and all things have been placed in His hand. In saying that, have we forgotten that He is again One with the Father and does not sit on that throne alone?
Do we seek the Father’s will or are we only concerned with those things that trouble us?
If we are to be One with God as His Word implies, then our orders come down in a very specific manner. The Father makes His will known to the Son, the Son speaks and the Holy Spirit tells us what the Son has said. The Unity of the United Trinity is once again in a position to act.
So the sectrest to see the power of God to act in this world is not focused on our whining but rather on what is right and just according to the Father’s will.
Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
I can hear Father God on the throne of heaven when He hears my prayers, “That doesn’t sound like You at all Son?”
Now that is a wake up call.